Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Victoria, BC- VicPD officers have seized drugs, replica firearms and over $50,000 in cash as part of an investigation into drug trafficking in the Burnside Gorge neighbourhood.

Officers from our Community Services Division, Strike Force section, and our Patrol Division “D” Watch worked with officers from the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team to execute a search warrant of a residence in the 600-block of Manchester Avenue on July 8th, 2019. The search warrant was the result of weeks of investigation into reports of drug trafficking.   

Officers seized heroin, cocaine including crack cocaine, cannabis, methamphetamine and fentanyl. Officers also seized several replica firearms, cartons of illegal cigarettes, a stun baton, and over $50,000 in cash. A photograph of seized evidence is below.

This file remains under investigation. No arrests have been made.

If you have information about drug trafficking in your community, please call our non-emergency line at (250) 995-7654. To report what you know anonymously, please call Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

 

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File #: 
19-28189